Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/28

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Exposure technique
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 17:28:46 -0000

A clever idea, Mark, but it has two drawbacks I can see...The first, of
course, is that you have to either remove a lens, mount the 135, take a
reading, dismount the 135, remount your other lens, and take the photo - or,
keep the 135 on a dedicated body, at which point you're paying about $2000
for a not very selective spot meter..:-)

The second problem is that you're not going to get a 1 or 2 degree spot
reading using the 135...

How about a Sekonic 508?

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Mark
Rabiner
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 10:05 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Exposure technique


Julian Thomas wrote:
><Snip>
> > Is it as good as my 135 3.4 APO on my M6?
> > Mark Rabiner
> >
> Only if you then take the 135 off and shoot with a 35mm!! Or, maybe you
> could carry a spare m6 with the 135 just to use as a spot meter (is this
the
> most expensive spot meter ever?).
>
> Julian

I have a Minolta spotmeter F!
Yous guys are the ones using a whole extra non Leica camera as a meter!
how about using an old 99 dollar 135mm lens as a spot meter accesory for
your M6 system?
makes more sense to me!
Mark Rabiner